The Mind of a Chef"Noodle"
David Chang makes instant ramen dishes and tsukemen. He travels to Japan for a bowl of the original tsukemen and visits a noodle factory. Food scientist Harold McGee explains alkalinity and its role in ramen. D

Scrapbook Soup"3d"
Add another dimension to your scrapbooking with embellishments that pop off the page and 3D home dec. We begin with a birds nest basket with Susan Lenart Kazmer. Then, create an all occasion card featuring 3D embellishments made from a mold with Marion Emberson. D

11:00 am

Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art"Apple Harvest, Part 3"
Jerry adds final details to the bucket and sketches the apples using proportion, eyeflow and negative space rule. Part 3 of 4G

This Old House"Exterior Improvements"
Mason Mark McCullough shows Norm how he's repointing the old brick foundation. Then Norm and Tom repair the sagging front porch. Kevin visits Community Rowing on the Charles River to see how they make the Cambridge pastime of rowing available to everyone. D

12:30 pm

Ask This Old House"Special New York Episode"
In a special episode, the guys visit New York. Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey tours a scale model of the entire city in Queens. Host Kevin O'Connor works with a local electrician to add task lighting to a dark kitchen in Brooklyn. D

1:00 pm

American Woodshop"Period Architectural Moldings and Trim"
Trim can easily add thousands of dollars of value to "finished" homes. Finish carpentry is the art of using wood to detail a home's windows, doors, ceilings and walls. See the difference that paint grade and finish grade wood creates!. D

1:30 pm

Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac"Dovetailed Toolbox"
The Dovetailed Toolbox created on this week's episode of Rough Cut has played a supporting role in Tommy's shop since the very first season. Tommy will demonstrate how to achieve the striking dovetail joinery found on his toolbox and what kind of things you can do at home to "make it your own". D

America's Heartland
Saddle up to see how Florida ranchers are saving a historic breed of cattle. Make your choices of popular produce at Alabama's oldest farmers market. Test a new recipe for sweet and spicy corn fritters and discover how a farm school in New Mexico is helping residents in one economically disadvantaged community. D

3:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"What Are Animals Thinking?"
Host David Pogue meets - and competes - with a menagerie of smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes "us" different from "them," expanding our understanding of how animals really think.G

4:00 pm

Antiques Roadshow"Junk in the Trunk 2"
Previously unseen appraisals from the Season 16 tour visits El Paso, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and more sites. Among the new appraisals are a Missouri Regiment Colt pistol worth more than $22,000, sapphire and diamonds from Tiffany, and Dr. Seuss' signature.G

5:00 pm

Priceless Antiques Roadshow
Fiona Bruce introduces a look behind the scenes about what it takes to present the United Kingdom's longest running antiques show and discover how owners react on hearing the F-word: Fake.G

5:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips"
Rick takes in more of the artistic treasures of the city that propelled Europe out of the Middle Ages. Then he takes side trips to a couple of rival cities and cultural capitals in their own right - Pisa and Luca. He marvels at the tipsy tower, circles a city on its ramparts, and enjoys some Puccini in the composer's hometown. Part 2 of 2G

The Lawrence Welk Show"Tribute to Fred Astaire"
"'S Wonderful" opens this show that is new to public television. Bobby & Elaine dance "The Carioca." Jack Imel performs "Limehouse Blues." Myron Floren plays "I Love Louisa." The band shines on "Dancing in the Dark."G

7:59 pm

Are You Being Served?"Front Page Story"
Old Mr. Grace decides the store should have an in-house magazine and appoints Mr. Humphries as editor.G

As Time Goes By"The Affair"
Jean's sister-in-law, Penny, convinced her husband is having an affair with his dental hygienist, moves in with Jean and Lionel.G

9:30 pm

Outnumbered
Karen is on a sleepover, and Ben is away at adventure camp. Mum and Dad are left with a labrador to look after and a glimpse of what life will be like once the children have left home.G

10:00 pm

The Red Green Show"The Bachelor Auction"
The men decide to have a bachelor auction as a way to raise money and get dates. Red builds a dragster out of junk he finds in the shed. Dale comes to Possum Lake to pump gas for the summer.G

10:30 pm

My Family"Once More with Feeling"
Roger and Abi announce they have set a date for their wedding. This causes Susan to want to renew her vows with Ben. She begins making necessary arrangements despite protests from Ben, especially when Susan's date conflicts with a big football match.G

11:00 pm

Doctor Who Series"Christmas Special 2011 - The Doctor, The Widow & the Wardrobe"
It is Christmas Eve 1938 when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset.G